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92nd Street Y is a prestigious cultural and community center that brings people together through art, entertainment, and conversation. With a wide range of classes and programs, as well as top-notch events and concerts, it offers something for everyone, regardless of age or interest.
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Performance Workshop for Cabaret and Concert Stage
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Discover your unique voice in cabaret with award-winning artist Michael Kirk Lane. This workshop helps performers at all levels connect with lyrics and convey genuine emotion, creating an intimate experience for audiences both live and virtual. Receive personalized feedback from top cabaret artists and learn to make every performance unforgettable.
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Writing Mystery
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Dive into the world of mystery writing with this interactive workshop, where you’ll learn to craft gripping plots, build complex characters, and master atmospheric settings. Through engaging discussions, close readings, and collaborative workshopping, you’ll gain the essential skills and feedback to write—and solve—your first crime novel.
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Starting a New Play with Aaron Ricciardi
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Starting a new play can be the most challenging part of writing. In this hands-on course, you’ll explore different techniques for building compelling characters, setting, conflict, and action. Through a series of exercises, you’ll unlock creative ideas and build a solid foundation for your next theatrical work, leaving with a blueprint to move your play forward.
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Painting People in Watercolor
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Unlock your creativity and learn to paint expressive watercolor portraits of people in this online course. Discover the techniques used by renowned artists like Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent, and develop your style to capture the likeness and emotion of your subjects. Don't miss out on this opportunity to deepen your understanding and sharpen your skills in watercolor portraiture.
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Poetry with Alexis Sears
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Engage with contemporary poetry through weekly prompts that inspire your own original works. This course focuses on refining your craft, exploring poetic forms such as odes, elegies, and persona poems, while incorporating constructive feedback from peers. You'll develop techniques for revising and experimenting with different styles, enhancing your poetic voice.
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Short Story Writing with Ian Ross Singleton
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Discover the art of short story writing by exploring techniques from literary masters like Chekhov, Kafka, and Baldwin. This class will guide you in crafting compelling narratives, mastering atmosphere, and drawing inspiration to develop your unique voice. Write multiple pieces using concrete strategies to transform your ideas into complete, polished drafts.
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Poetry with Molly Peacock
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Explore poetry and visual art in this online seminar with an in-person museum visit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art American Wing. Immerse yourself in the works of American women poets like Phillis Wheatley, Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Gwendolyn Brooks, while discovering the art of their contemporaries. This course is perfect for anyone, from beginners to experienced artists.
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Acrylic Painting for Absolute Beginners
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Discover the beautiful and flexible medium of acrylic paint. Receive personalized instruction from expert teaching artists as you learn to render depth and luminosity, explore textures, and work from direct observation. Progress from basic forms to mastering perspective, value, tone, and color theory. All levels are welcome; no experience necessary.
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The Contemporary Art Scene: The Venice Biennale
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The Venice Biennale is considered the oldest and most prestigious international exhibition of contemporary art. Though the 59th edition closed in November, we’ll visit it virtually. This three-part class will highlight many of the outstanding works presented in this year’s curated exhibition, The Milk of Dreams, in the national pavilions, and in the collateral projects located throughout the city of Venice.
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Painting, Composition and Design (Int/Adv)
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This is a ‘painting’ course focused on teaching students to ask what are the opportunities for good design and stronger compositions in painting. The studio course will offer individual focused prompts and critiques and be accompanied by a weekly series of slide lectures and demos by instructor Michael Sherman. The idea for this course is to inspire and convey that no matter what the material, scale, or matrix you are working with, the foundational...
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Watercolors from Family Photos
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Do you have treasured family photos you look at again and again? Or perhaps a few snapshots that would be better as one? Through weekly online demos, learn how to recompose and reinterpret your family photos by painting the faces you love the most with this luminous medium. Watercolor’s soft and hard edges, and varied techniques from wet-on-wet, to glazing, will have you gazing on the familiar from an exciting new perspective. Supply List
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Caring for a Newborn
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Prepare for the arrival of your little one with expert guidance from experienced instructors. Learn about everything from choosing a pediatrician to bathing and feeding your newborn. Gain the knowledge and confidence you need to navigate those precious first weeks at home.
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Figure Drawing for People Watchers
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Discover the art of capturing the human form in all its complexity and beauty. Join an online class at 92nd Street Y that teaches techniques to demystify figure drawing, using principles of anatomy, observation, and intuition. Perfect for people watchers with a passion for drawing and a desire to develop their skills.
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Caring for your Newborn Grandchild
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Discover the latest techniques and modern ideas of feeding, sleeping, and more in this practical workshop designed exclusively for grandparents. Prepare to provide expert care for your newborn grandchild with today's philosophy in mind. Join us at 92nd Street Y for this essential class.
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World Politics with Professor Ralph Buultjens
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The New Political Economy: America and Global Power In the post-pandemic world, global economics is changing dramatically. How will this impact the balance of geopolitical power? Who will be the winners and losers? Will a slowdown in China affect its world position? Will it increase competition in Asia between Japan, India and China? Will America’s economic performance destabilize our politics and impact on our global outreach? How will oil prices...
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Painting Seascapes with Watercolor
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Get swept away to the beach in this course that will teach you how to paint beautiful seascapes using watercolor paint. Working from photographs, learn methods of paint application, color formation and visual representation. From peaceful vistas to crashing surf, you’ll learn how to transform this aqueous medium into painterly scenes of the ocean. Participate in group discussions, observe demonstrations, and get feedback on your progress in real...
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Modern Dance (Open Level)
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Explore the body's relationship to breath, weight and space through standing and floor work. Develop strength and movement flexibility. An access link will be emailed to you after purchase.
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Humor Writing with Patricia Marx
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A workshop for anyone who wants to write funny. Read, listen to and watch comedic samples from well-known and lesser-known humorists and complete weekly writing assignments. Students already working on projects are welcome to develop them here.
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Illustrating the Human Form
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This online class is dedicated to helping students infuse a real sense of proportion, movement, and personality into your drawings. Students learn to employ a skill set formed in equal parts by intensive but fun lessons and meant to magnify your personal style. This class is designed to fundamentally transform how you depict the human form. There will be a demo of all materials and an expanded list available in the first day of class. Supply list:...
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Fine Art Drawing with Pen Ink
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Students will work with textures, subtle washes, and dark shadows to draw an array of subjects from landscapes and still lives, to figures and interiors. Students will develop skills in perspective and form while working with this dynamic medium.
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Reviews of 92nd Street Y
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Drawing for Beginners
I love this class. Learning a lot about drawing. -
Watercolors for Absolute Beginners
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Drawing for Beginners
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Colored Pencils for Beginners
Erin is lovely!! Really encouraging of expression in all its forms. It was such a great way to feel comfortable with coloured pencils. -
Watercolor Painting (Beginner/Intermediate)
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Drawing with Pastel
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Getting Started with Oil Painting
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Watercolor Painting (Beginner/Intermediate)
This watercolor class was a revelation—beautifully structured, thoughtfully paced, and led by an inspiring instructor, Allison, who made even the most complex techniques feel within reach. As someone who had never touched watercolor before, I left my first year not only confident but with a piece accepted into an art show—proof of just how transformative and empowering this class truly is. -
Precious Metal Clay II
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Twisted Wire Jewelry
This class involves one project, a lovely twisted wire ring, although if you're quicker or more skilled (I'm just kind of intermediate), you may have time for an extra piece. It was challenging, but I learned a lot and was pretty proud of what I accomplished. It will be even more exciting when the new jewelery labs at 92nd Street Y open with new equipment! -
Mosaic Art Crash Course
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Collage Then and Now
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Figure and Portrait Drawing Combined
Susan is an EXCEPTIONAL teacher! I learned so much and had so much fun! HIGHEST recommendation! -
Getting Started with Oil Painting
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Drawing with Pastel
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Drawing for Beginners
Bernado is amazing. I learned so many new things and had a blast drawing and learning from him. Would definitely recommend and take again. -
Beginner Jewelry Projects
Michelle was great as were the other classmates -
Multiple Approaches to Enameling (Intermediate/Advanced)
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Multiple Approaches to Enameling (Intermediate/Advanced)
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Collage Then and Now
